Definition of Aughts

1. Noun. The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero. The oughts, the noughties. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aughts

1. aught [n] - See also: aught

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aughts

aufeis
aufgabe
aufgabes
aufs
augean
augelite
augelites
augend
augends
auger
augered
augering
augers
auget
aught
aughts (current term)
augite
augites
augitic
augle
augment
augmentable
augmentation
augmentation cystoplasty
augmentation graft
augmentation mammaplasty
augmentations
augmentative
augmentatives
augmented

Literary usage of Aughts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Middle Five: Indian Boys at School by Francis La Flesche (1900)
"After some little prompting, the boy resumed, but his finger kept moving, making the figure 1 and a string of aughts after it. When Gray-beard and William ..."

2. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient; with Explanatory by John Finlay (1808)
"O still my bairn, kind nourice, O still him wi' the ring." " He will not still, my lady, Let me do any thing." * aughts, ha». ..."

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